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Longmont teen presumed dead after New Mexico divers find body in lake

A 15-year-old Longmont boy is presumed drowned after he and a friend went missing Sunday and divers recovered two bodies from a New Mexico lake Wednesday night.

Noah Hooper's parents have been in New Mexico since Monday, said Sgt. Emmanuel Gutierrez of the New Mexico State Police. Although the Office of the Medical Investigator has not officially identified the bodies, Gutierrez said Thursday that Hooper's family was "grieving."

Hooper and Seth Stephenson, 16, of Chaparral, N.M., were last seen Sunday afternoon at Quemado Lake on the northern side of the Gila National Forest.

The two boys were helping with programs at the Apache Creek Deaf and Youth Ranch near Reserve. Neither boy is deaf, the officer said.

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